nuts and bolts
Example Sentences
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"Those 10 years at Torness were fundamental to me understanding the nuts and bolts of what a nuclear power station is," she says.
From BBC
After research in the BMW archives to figure out what needed to be done, I replaced all the nuts and bolts with factory-looking originals.
All part of the nuts and bolts at a leading Premier League club in 2025.
From BBC
If he is hiding any nuts and bolts under those blonde locks of his, Haaland did prove he was still human by missing a couple of chances to complete his hat-trick.
From BBC
It will take longer to thrash out the nuts and bolts that would need to underpin a complex agreement.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.